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[[w:Pull quote|Pull quote]]s do not belong in articles. These are the news and magazine style of "pulling" material already in the article to reuse it in attention-grabbing decorative quotations. This unencyclopedic approach is a form of [[Policy:Editing|editorializing]], produces [[BattleTechWiki:The perfect article|out-of-context]] and [[Policy:Neutral point of view|undue emphasis]], and may [[Policy:Verifiability|lead the reader to conclusions]] not supported in the material. [[w:Pull quote|Pull quote]]s do not belong in articles. These are the news and magazine style of "pulling" material already in the article to reuse it in attention-grabbing decorative quotations. This unencyclopedic approach is a form of [[Policy:Editing|editorializing]], produces [[BattleTechWiki:The perfect article|out-of-context]] and [[Policy:Neutral point of view|undue emphasis]], and may [[Policy:Verifiability|lead the reader to conclusions]] not supported in the material.
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+ ===Foreign-language quotations===
+ {{Shortcut|MOS:FOREIGNQUOTE|MOS:QUOTEFOREIGN}}
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+ Quotations from foreign-language sources should appear with a translation into English, preferably a modern{{efn|name=recent}} one. Quotations that are translations should be explicitly distinguished from those that are not. Indicate the original source of a translation (if it is available, and not first published within Wikipedia), and the original language (if that is not clear from the context).
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+ If the original, untranslated text is available, provide a reference for it or include it, as appropriate.
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+ When editors themselves translate foreign text into English, care must always be taken to include the original text, {{em|in italics}} (except for non-Latin-based writing systems), and to use actual and (if at all possible) common English words in the translation. Unless you are certain of your competency to translate something, see [[Wikipedia:Translation]] for assistance.
==References== ==References==
<references/> <references/>
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[[w:Pull quote|Pull quote]]s do not belong in articles. These are the news and magazine style of "pulling" material already in the article to reuse it in attention-grabbing decorative quotations. This unencyclopedic approach is a form of [[Policy:Editing|editorializing]], produces [[BattleTechWiki:The perfect article|out-of-context]] and [[Policy:Neutral point of view|undue emphasis]], and may [[Policy:Verifiability|lead the reader to conclusions]] not supported in the material. | [[w:Pull quote|Pull quote]]s do not belong in articles. These are the news and magazine style of "pulling" material already in the article to reuse it in attention-grabbing decorative quotations. This unencyclopedic approach is a form of [[Policy:Editing|editorializing]], produces [[BattleTechWiki:The perfect article|out-of-context]] and [[Policy:Neutral point of view|undue emphasis]], and may [[Policy:Verifiability|lead the reader to conclusions]] not supported in the material. | ||
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+ | ===Foreign-language quotations=== | ||
+ | {{Shortcut|MOS:FOREIGNQUOTE|MOS:QUOTEFOREIGN}} | ||
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+ | Quotations from foreign-language sources should appear with a translation into English, preferably a modern{{efn|name=recent}} one. Quotations that are translations should be explicitly distinguished from those that are not. Indicate the original source of a translation (if it is available, and not first published within Wikipedia), and the original language (if that is not clear from the context). | ||
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+ | If the original, untranslated text is available, provide a reference for it or include it, as appropriate. | ||
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+ | When editors themselves translate foreign text into English, care must always be taken to include the original text, {{em|in italics}} (except for non-Latin-based writing systems), and to use actual and (if at all possible) common English words in the translation. Unless you are certain of your competency to translate something, see [[Wikipedia:Translation]] for assistance. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> |